Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

Am 01.02.2010 20:59, schrieb Warren Michelsen: > Yes. In fact, I just tried again (after su'ing to root). I tried to > create a new user using the 'useradd' command and was told the > command was not found. I was logged in via ssh at the time, does that > make a difference? It'd be strange if it di

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

RE: 2.6.1 Testing with a java enabled browser My java enabled browser (Safari) cannot connect. RE: 2.6.2. Testing with a vnc client I have vnc client 'Chicken of the VNC' which can connect but only to display 0 and then the response back from the CentO

[CentOS] VNC Questions

On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Warren Michelsen wrote: >> You can accomplish all of these things by following the instructions >> here: >> >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server > > I tried these instruction last week and each time I tried: > > service vncserver start > > I got the error that the comman

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Warren Michelsen wrote: >>Or use "su -" instead of "su" when switching to the root user and you >>will get root's environment, which includes /sbin on the path. > > Ah! This is something I've not run across before. Using "su -" did the trick. CentOS Wiki is (almo

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

At 1:53 PM -0600 2/1/10, Frank Cox sent email regarding Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions: >On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:41 -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: >> >> I got the error that the command 'service' was not found. > >The /sbin directory is not on the standard path for no

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

At 2:48 PM -0500 2/1/10, m.r...@5-cent.us sent email regarding Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions: > >>http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server >> >> I tried these instruction last week and each time I tried: >> >> service vncserver start >> >> I got the e

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:41 -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: > > I got the error that the command 'service' was not found. The /sbin directory is not on the standard path for normal users. Use this command: /sbin/service vncserver start Or use "su -" instead of "su" when switching to the root u

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

> At 1:27 PM -0600 2/1/10, Frank Cox sent email regarding Re: [CentOS] > VNC Questions: >>On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 11:58 -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: >>> user settings/prefs do I change the way this VNC server identifies >>> itself? I'd like it to show the

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

At 1:27 PM -0600 2/1/10, Frank Cox sent email regarding Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions: >On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 11:58 -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: >> user settings/prefs do I change the way this VNC server identifies >> itself? I'd like it to show the host name. > >>

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

On 2/1/2010 1:27 PM, Frank Cox wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 11:58 -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: >> user settings/prefs do I change the way this VNC server identifies >> itself? I'd like it to show the host name. > >> I'd like my VNC sessions to be encrypted. >> Finally, I'd like VNC to be func

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > > You can accomplish all of these things by following the instructions > here: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server One thing that has bitten me when configuring the VNC server as describe there, is that "service vncserver restart" invok

Re: [CentOS] VNC Questions

On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 11:58 -0700, Warren Michelsen wrote: > user settings/prefs do I change the way this VNC server identifies > itself? I'd like it to show the host name. > I'd like my VNC sessions to be encrypted. > Finally, I'd like VNC to be functional at boot,? > > Can these things be don

[CentOS] VNC Questions

Fresh install of CentOS 5.4 (and my first experience with CentOS). Following install, the first thing I did was enable desktop sharing so that I can control this new 1U box from my Mac workstation. The VNC client sees this as "Warren's remote desktop" but I'd like it to be more meaningful, as I